Local Police
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in connection with the event," they added.
City officials said they were attempting "to solve the case" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking representative said the incident made him stunned and required to be solved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on online, referring to the murder of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
